Despite a few technical glitches, Deb Sweeney joins us again for a great discussion with Susan Goyette Young about research plans.
To finish the episode off, this weekend I will be working on filming a segment on family interviews.
Episodes and Behind the Scenes
Episode One – Video Footnote: Return to Edgewood Cemetery
So I went back to Edgewood Cemetery to try and get an updated set of GPS Coordinates in the decimal form that Find a Grave prefers (as opposed to the Degree, Minutes and Seconds which I am used to,) and lo and behold in all of the excitement of the last trip – someone overlooked an important something…
Episode 1 is here!
Episode 1 is finally complete.
This episode features author, blogger and genealogist Deb Sweeney of GenealogyLady.net
We discuss her latest book ‘Dear Mother, Love Daddy’, and then explore a local cemetery in search of a family plot.
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Links mentioned in this episode:
Genealogy Lady: www.GenealogyLady.net
Nashua’s Edgewood and Woodlawn Cemetery Search Form: [Link]
Filmed the first segment today!
The next big leap has been overcome today as the camera began to roll. I spent a couple of hours at one of the local cemeteries looking for a family plot.
A screen grab from today’s adventure at the cemetery.
I shot the piece solo – and hand held so I can only imagine how it is about to turn out. My inspiration behind this style though is The Geocaching Vlogger. He travels all around and uses a combination of a hand held ‘selfie’ style and locked down on a tripod.
Much like Geocaching – the search had its moments of confusion and ‘Where am I’, which I don’t know if I was able to catch. There may have to be a bit of voice over ala Anthony Bourdain to round the whole piece out.
As I know I didn’t get nearly the B-Roll that I was hoping for today, I am going to send an intern out to go capture some of the pick up shots if I don’t go shoot them myself.
I don’t think it will take too long to edit – as long as I can get to the ‘Just Let it Go’ point.
The set is coming together.
I am excited to share a quick photo of the virtual set as it finishes rendering for the TV show.
For those that don’t know, we shoot on a green screen here at the Access Nashua [link]. As the creative director one of my tasks is to help producers create background for their shows. While I usually photograph real rooms for the sets, lately I have been playing with the 3D modeling program, Blender [link]. This is the first set I have created for solely for myself.
I have learned a lot on this build which will go a long way to improving future sets for other producers.
I have made a couple of small changes, upped the resolution, and I am looking forward to seeing the new results in the morning. I will be sure to share again once the package is complete.